Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.47, 94-101, March, 2017
Purification of aromatic hydrocarbons using Ag-multiwall carbon nanotube-ZnO nanocomposites with high performance
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This study explores whether Ag incorporation into nanocomposites of multiwall carbon nanotubes
(MWCNT) and ZnO (AMZs) leads to a synergistic effect on their photocatalytic efficiency for
environmental pollutant decomposition. The photocatalytic efficiencies of AMZ samples were superior to those of MWCNT/ZnO (MZ) and unmodified ZnO samples. The mineralization efficiencies of benzene and ethyl benzene were 37% and 48%, respectively. Inorganic CO and other gaseous organic compounds were detected during photocatalytic degradation of the target compounds, and a plausible mechanism of synergistic improvement of the photocatalytic efficiency of AMZs nanocomposites under visible light illumination was suggested.
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